Humans aren't even, in fact, apex predators. We are the preys of big felines (tigers in Asia, Jaguar in South America, Lions in Africa and Asia) which are the true apex predators in their respective ecosystems.
I learned that humans are apex predators a couple of years ago.
Meat contains essential fats to various degrees while protein powder does not at all. Usually, protein powder ([1] as an example) is not exactly matched to the human profile of amino acids [2], that means extraneous amino acids will be converted to glucose and stored as fat.
Notice that ratio between leucine and methionine is 3/1 in consumption profile and is much higher in the whey protein profile. This leucine most probably will be wasted.
If humans are considered apex(-ish) predators, it's because there's mostly nothing "above" us in the food chain. We aren't typical prey for any other animal, so we are at the top-ish.
It doesn't mean the diets of humans are biologically supposed to consist of huge amounts of meat.
Most apex predators are of course obligate carnivores. But humans are probably near the top because the use of weapons and tools makes us highly dangerous, so most land animals are wary of humans. Even many predators don't prey on humans for food.
(Although some large land predators do, mostly when they're desperate for food.)
"know better" in what way, that applies to sweetener-free protein?
You must have always known humans were apex predators, and that was the only non-sweetener reason you listed.
Humans aren't even, in fact, apex predators. We are the preys of big felines (tigers in Asia, Jaguar in South America, Lions in Africa and Asia) which are the true apex predators in their respective ecosystems.
I learned that humans are apex predators a couple of years ago.
Meat contains essential fats to various degrees while protein powder does not at all. Usually, protein powder ([1] as an example) is not exactly matched to the human profile of amino acids [2], that means extraneous amino acids will be converted to glucose and stored as fat.
[1] https://explosivewhey.com/blogs/fitness-nutrition/what-is-wh...
[2] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11291443/
Notice that ratio between leucine and methionine is 3/1 in consumption profile and is much higher in the whey protein profile. This leucine most probably will be wasted.
If humans are considered apex(-ish) predators, it's because there's mostly nothing "above" us in the food chain. We aren't typical prey for any other animal, so we are at the top-ish.
It doesn't mean the diets of humans are biologically supposed to consist of huge amounts of meat.
Most apex predators are of course obligate carnivores. But humans are probably near the top because the use of weapons and tools makes us highly dangerous, so most land animals are wary of humans. Even many predators don't prey on humans for food.
(Although some large land predators do, mostly when they're desperate for food.)
You need to burn thousands of calories every day. Most of the protein you eat should get burned.
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> I learned that humans are apex predators a couple of years ago.
I'm afraid you're going to unlearn it, as humans are below big felines in the food chain.